A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

A photograph of Clark Memorial Methodist Church, Nashville's oldest African American Church. Located now at 1015 Fourteenth Avenue North, Clark Memorial has had several name and location changes throughout the years. The congregation came into...

Nashville Banner reporter Dick Battle (pictured on right) and two photojournalists on a helicopter flight at the airport, November 1954. Battle came to Nashville from his native St. Louis in 1916. He graduated from Goodlettsville High School in...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

A view of the razing of the Elk’s Club Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, June 16th, 1971. Originally one of downtown Nashville’s many 19th century residential mansions, the structure was torn down to...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

A porte-cochere is a “coach gate,” a porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather. The...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...